https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Gunmen from neighbouring Burkina Faso have kidnapped an Italian missionary in southwest Niger, the latest abduction of a foreign worker in the troubled Sahel country, the government spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180918/italian-missionary-kidnapped-in-africa Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:24:04 +0200 italian-missionary-kidnapped-in-africa A British model was drugged and abducted for a week in Italy last month by a British-based Pole who allegedly tried to auction her off as a sex slave on the dark web, Italian police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170806/pole-detained-over-abduction-of-british-model-in-italy Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:59:07 +0200 pole-detained-over-abduction-of-british-model-in-italy Two Italians were kidnapped in the south of conflict-torn Libya on Monday, Italy's foreign ministry has said, without revealing any more details about the incident or the victims' identities. https://www.thelocal.it/20160920/two-italian-expats-snatched-in-libya-foreign-ministry Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:38:43 +0200 two-italian-expats-snatched-in-libya-foreign-ministry Police said on Saturday that they have identified a local criminal gang as behind the abduction of an an Italian restaurant owner and retired priest in the strife-torn southern Philippines. https://www.thelocal.it/20151010/police-identify-kidnappers-of-italian-in-philippines Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:51:29 +0200 police-identify-kidnappers-of-italian-in-philippines A baby who was kidnapped by his father just weeks after birth and traced to Spain, was safely returned to Italy with his mother on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150420/baby-kidnapped-by-dad-returned-to-mum-in-italy Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:25:34 +0200 baby-kidnapped-by-dad-returned-to-mum-in-italy A man has been arrested in Rome after trying to snatch a two-year-old girl, while she was on the way to the park with her grandmother. https://www.thelocal.it/20140822/man-tries-to-snatch-toddler-off-rome-street Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:16:00 +0200 man-tries-to-snatch-toddler-off-rome-street A Veneto couple who were against their daughter marrying a former boxer alleged to have taken drugs in the past, kidnapped and beat their new son-in-law and then forced him to sign an agreement to end the marriage. https://www.thelocal.it/20140523/italian-couple-kidnapped-and-beat-son-in-law Fri, 23 May 2014 16:06:00 +0200 italian-couple-kidnapped-and-beat-son-in-law